Skip to main content

Wasabi Wednesday – Year of the Rat mug

Captain's Log, Stardate 01.09.2008

Get free short stories and info on exclusive book giveaways when you subscribe to my newsletter!



The winner of
Abandoned Identity
by
Tamara Tilley is
Amanda
Congratulations!

Blog book giveaway:

To enter to win today’s book, leave a comment on this blog post, giving your name and saying you want to enter. International readers are welcome to enter!

Please leave a WORKING email address or website where I can contact you (please use this format with the brackets--you [at] yourmail.com--or something like that to prevent spammers from trolling for your email address).

Please make sure your email address works—I’ve had several winners where my email to them bounced and I couldn’t get hold of them. It is the winner’s responsibility to check to see if you won and to email me if you haven’t yet heard from me.

You have a week to comment--I'll pick a name out of a hat on Wednesday, January 16th. (BTW, you can post a comment and NOT enter, too.)

Doing something different today. My mom sent me a mug for my blog giveaways—it’s a 2008 Year of the Rat calendar mug. Very Asiany. It’s Japanese. Cute, huh?




Wasabi Wednesday question:

What’s one thing you want to accomplish in 2008? (BTW, you can answer the Wasabi Wednesday question and not enter for the mug.)

For me: lose weight! I know it’s cliché, but I’m serious this year. Last year I did good by eating more veggies. This year I’m drinking tea and walking the dog more.

Actually, I'll list two things. I also want to learn how to make my dog more obedient. She has food aggression and aggression at other dogs, even after we've been through 6 rounds of dog training and she passed (just barely) her Canine Good Citizenship test. We've been watching the Dog Whisperer TV show, and I'm reading his books.

Last night, we hit a milestone because she got aggressive with me over her food, and I just firmly grabbed her neck and wouldn't back down until she stopped growling. It was great! Now I'm hoping to help her overcome her other unstable behaviors.
Labels:

Comments

  1. KierraWed Jan 09, 12:46:00 AM 2008

    To be more physically active, so that means hitting the gym more often!

    kierra(dot)ho(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  2. dodoWed Jan 09, 07:26:00 AM 2008

    Count me in for the mug! One thing I want to accomplish this year is to be more physically active and exercise more!

    ReplyDelete
  3. robynlWed Jan 09, 09:54:00 AM 2008

    Count me in please and thanks. The mug is cute.
    I want to get my immune system in great shape to ward off the sinus/cold thing. So I will be on the treadmill, eating more sensibly, and taking vitamins.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Re M.Wed Jan 09, 11:06:00 AM 2008

    cute mug! - i'd like to be more thankful for what i do have vs. wishing for more material things

    ReplyDelete
  5. windycindyWed Jan 09, 11:33:00 AM 2008

    Hello! It is a very cute mug! I am wanting to keep my good and bad cholesterol levels in check without medication. Please enter me in your contest. Thanks very much.....Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

    ReplyDelete
  6. Cherie JWed Jan 09, 01:02:00 PM 2008

    Cute mug! I want to work out at least 2 days a week minimum. I need to get back in shape. I want to do 3 days a week but I know some weeks that will be impossible so I am trying to be realistic.

    cherierjatyahoo.com

    ReplyDelete
  7. Helga Marie BeeWed Jan 09, 03:01:00 PM 2008

    #1 goal of the year is... Send regular snail letters and cards to my friends... so far I have sent a note to my "little" friend (my younger cousins) on pretty stationary.

    Count me in on the mug

    QallieQ (@) gmail (dot) com

    ReplyDelete
  8. CarolynnWed Jan 09, 03:30:00 PM 2008

    Two of my goals this year are to exercise more and to learn how to play my guitar...(that's been my resolution for 2 years now but still I keep pushing it of, so this year I just have to!) :)
    Please count me in on the mug too, thanks!
    carolynnwald at hotmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  9. DeliaWed Jan 09, 04:41:00 PM 2008

    Snickers peaking through the door is absolutely adorable! I hope you can get her past her aggression issues.

    ReplyDelete
  10. AusjennyWed Jan 09, 06:24:00 PM 2008

    please dont enter me as i dont use mugs.
    but i would like to be more organized. one area is getting my book work and tax in by the middle of August this year not the end of Oct which is the cut of date.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Vicki HThu Jan 10, 05:53:00 AM 2008

    Please enter mee in the giveaway. This year, I want to get in the habit of working out at least 3x per week. vicki.hale@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  12. IreneThu Jan 10, 09:32:00 AM 2008

    My younger daughter is a rat! I don't like Mickey Mouse, but this one is a lovely rat. Please enter my name. Thank you.

    ReplyDelete
  13. IreneThu Jan 10, 09:41:00 AM 2008

    Oh, I forgot to write about my focus for 2008. On my "Green Greek " blog I have joined a, "8 in 2008" meme, that will help me focus each month on the things that I have set as priorities for 2008.
    However, as in the past few months my life had taken a turn towards Jesus Christ, I am not really getting into the "doing" attitude. Weight is gained and lost, and targets are set and forgotten.
    What I want is to be a daughter of the Lord. As one of the ladies who left a comment to my entry said, being close to God, does not necessarily mean taking quiet time off. It can be done in the midst of anything, really.
    This is what I want to achieve in 2008. Being in touch with God in everything I do.
    Thank you for reading.

    ReplyDelete
  14. MaureenThu Jan 10, 10:28:00 AM 2008

    I want to clear some of the clutter out of our house. I figure it's a great project for the winter.
    mce1011[at]aol.com

    ReplyDelete
  15. AnonymousThu Jan 10, 02:59:00 PM 2008

    I am a rat so I would love to win this mug!

    tabithagardner atgmail dotcom

    ReplyDelete
  16. Maude LynnThu Jan 10, 03:55:00 PM 2008

    What a cute mug!
    This year, I've vowed to walk every day.

    kelli (at) pfrog (dot) net

    ReplyDelete
  17. AnonymousThu Jan 10, 04:30:00 PM 2008

    I'm a sucker for cute coffee mugs.

    Count me in please.

    blogged ya:
    http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/thursday-edition-of-contests-galore.html

    ReplyDelete
  18. JenFri Jan 11, 12:21:00 AM 2008

    cute mug!
    to continue reading at least 1 book a week.
    jenney77 [at] gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  19. Carol MFri Jan 11, 01:15:00 PM 2008

    I love the mug! I have a small collection of mugs and would like to add this one to it!

    Like everyone else, I need to get in shape. I plan to do a lot more walking!

    mittens0831 AT aol DOT com

    ReplyDelete
  20. AngelaSat Jan 12, 09:11:00 PM 2008

    Finish selling all the stuff I have laying around that I swore Id put on ebay.

    I blogged you too
    http://www.prizeatron.com

    ReplyDelete
  21. CarmenSun Jan 13, 08:33:00 AM 2008

    I am student teaching this semester, so my goal is to just do well at that.

    I would love a rat mug! I have two pet rats, and I am always looking for ratty things

    ReplyDelete
  22. bison61Sun Jan 13, 01:46:00 PM 2008

    I love the mug please enter me in contest.
    I need to exercise more, and I'm trying.

    ReplyDelete
  23. AnonymousSun Jan 13, 02:01:00 PM 2008

    Gorgeous mug! You can count me in on that draw! :)
    dwankrista AT yahoo DOT ca

    As for me, I want to learn to love myself this year and stop being so hard on myself.

    ReplyDelete
  24. StephanieSun Jan 13, 02:55:00 PM 2008

    For me it is to lose some of this baby weight! I love this mug too!

    grayjones5 at yahoo dot com

    ReplyDelete
  25. twiga92Sun Jan 13, 03:02:00 PM 2008

    One thing I want to accomplish in 2008 is get lasik surgery. It will be so nice not to have to worry about glasses anymore. My hubby is planning on doing it also. We have our initial appointment set for the end of January so I'm already making progress towards this goal.
    (don't need to enter me for the mug btw - thanks!)

    ReplyDelete
  26. JewelzSun Jan 13, 08:25:00 PM 2008

    I would like to be exercising more. I also would like to be more active in ministry.
    Please enter me.
    itsmyemail (at) bigpond.com

    ReplyDelete
  27. StacySun Jan 13, 08:43:00 PM 2008

    I was born in year of the rat! I collect things pertaining to YOTR, actually, so this would be a awesome win. My resolution is to loose weight this year for sure.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular Posts

One-Skein Pyrenees Scarf knitting pattern

I got into using antique patterns when I was making the scarf my hero wears in my Regency romance, The Spinster’s Christmas . I wanted to do another pattern which I think was in use in the Regency period, the Pyrenees Knit Scarf on pages 36-38 of The Lady's Assistant for Executing Useful and Fancy Designs in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work, volume 1, by Jane Gaugain, published in 1840. She is thought to be the first person to use knitting abbreviations, at least in a published book, although they are not the same abbreviations used today (our modern abbreviations were standardized by Weldon’s Practical Needlework in 1906). Since the book is out of copyright, you can download a free PDF copy of the book at Archive.org. I found this to be a fascinating look at knitting around the time of Jane Austen’s later years. Although the book was published in 1840, many of the patterns were in use and passed down by word of mouth many years before that, so it’s possible these are
2 comments
Read more

Phoebe’s Muffatees knitting pattern

In Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 4: Betrayer , Phoebe wears a pair of lace muffatees, or gauntlets/arm-warmers that hide a rather deadly surprise. :) I actually got the idea of having her wear muffatees because I saw a lace manchette pattern in Miss Watts’ Ladies’ Knitting and Netting Book , published in 1840, page 20. However, after doing some research, I found that they were called muffatees in the Regency era, and the term manchette did not arise until a few years later. They were essentially arm-warmers worn under those long sleeves on day dresses, which were usually made of muslin too thin to be very warm. I decided to knit Phoebe’s muffatees using a Leaf Pattern originally suggested for a purse in Mrs. Gaugain’s book, The Lady’s Assistant, volume 1, 5th edition published in 1842, pages 234-237. I think there was an error and row 36 in the original pattern was duplicated erroneously, so I have adjusted the pattern. The original manchette pattern called for “fine” needles a
Post a Comment
Read more

Excerpt of The Wedding Kimono

I posted an excerpt of my Christian contemporary romance novella, The Wedding Kimono , on the Sweet Romance Reads blog. Click here to read the extended excerpt. Already one of my newsletter subscribers? Click here to get The Wedding Kimono free!
Post a Comment
Read more

What I’m writing in The Year of the Dog

This month, I have decided to focus more on my Christian Contemporary Romantic Suspense novel, Year of the Dog , so I’ve been spending more time working on it. It’s actually an old manuscript that I submitted to Zondervan but it was never bought, and I’m rewriting/revising it as a (second) prequel novel to my Warubozu Spa Chronicles series set in Hawaii. Here’s a little bit of what I just rewrote/edited. This morning, her mom was about to tackle the attic when Marisol put her foot down. “Mom, I have to go to work. I can’t spend the whole day helping you clean the house.” “You have plenty of time. What can you possibly do all day now that you quit your job?” “Oh, I dunno. Renovate my new facility?” “You’re only going to have dogs there. How much renovation do you really need?” “It would be nice if the roof didn’t leak and the windows opened and shut. Oh, and I kind of need a floor.”  I guess Marisol’s relationship with her mother isn’t getting better anytime soon …
Post a Comment
Read more

A List of my Free Blog Reads

Curious about what my writing is like? Here’s a list of all my free books and the free short stories, novellas, and novels that you can read here on my blog. I’ll update this post as I add more free reads. Christian Humorous Romantic Suspense: Year of the Dog (Warubozu Spa Chronicles series, Prequel novel) (Currently being posted monthly on my blog as a serial novel) Marisol Mutou, a professional dog trainer, finally has a chance to buy a facility for her business, but her world is upended when she must move in with her disapproving family, who have always made her feel inadequate. When she stumbles upon a three-year-old missing persons case, security expert Ashwin Keitou, whose car she accidentally rear-ended a few weeks earlier, is tasked with protecting her. However, danger begins to circle around them from people who want the past to remain there. Can they shed light on the secrets moving in the shadows? Christian Romantic Suspense: Necessary Proof (Sonoma series #4.1, n
Post a Comment
Read more

ひとり寿司第３１章パート３

「ひとり寿司」をブログに連載します！ ひとり寿司 寿司シリーズの第一作 キャミー・タング 西島美幸 訳 スポーツ狂のレックス・坂井 —— いとこのマリコが数ヶ月後に結婚することにより、「いとこの中で一番年上の独身女性」という内輪の肩書を「勝ち取る」ことについては、あまり気にしていない。コントロールフリークの祖母を無視するのは容易だ —— しかし、祖母は最終通告を出した —— マリコの結婚式までにデート相手を見つけなければ、無慈悲な祖母は、レックスがコーチをしている女子バレーボールチームへの資金供給を切ると言う。 ダグアウトにいる選手全員とデートに出かけるほど絶望的なわけではない。レックスは、バイブルスタディで読んだ「エペソの手紙」をもとに「最高の男性」の条件の厳しいリストを作った。バレーボールではいつも勝つ —— ゲームを有利に進めれば、必ず成功するはずだ。 そのとき兄は、クリスチャンではなく、アスリートでもなく、一見何の魅力もないエイデンを彼女に引き合わせる。 エイデンは、クリスチャンではないという理由で離れていったトリッシュという女の子から受けた痛手から立ち直ろうとしている。そして、レックスが（１）彼に全く興味がないこと、（２）クリスチャンであること、（３）トリッシュのいとこであることを知る。あの狂った家族とまた付き合うのはごめんだ。まして、偽善的なクリスチャンの女の子など、お断り。彼はマゾヒストじゃない。 レックスは時間がなくなってきた。いくら頑張っても、いい人は現れない。それに、どこへ行ってもエイデンに遭遇する。あのリストはどんどん長くなっていくばかり —— 過去に掲載済みのストーリーのリンクはこちらです。 *** ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 「ダメだ、早すぎる」エイデンは別のエクササイズボールをつかんで彼女の横に寝転がり、ボールの上に足を置いた。「僕の真似して」 ブリッジのエクササイズ——肩を床につけたまま、床から体を持ち上げた。彼女は彼の真似をした。できる限りゆっくり降りてくる。ハムストリング筋が燃えている。 「いいよ」十五回の一セット目、彼がペースを決めた。それが終わると、彼女は息苦しいのに、彼は汗もかいていない。 すぐに彼はまた位置についた。「行くよ？」 彼女は位置について、うなずいた
Post a Comment
Read more

Camille Elliot's March newsletter

My Camille Elliot (Christian Regency Romantic Suspense) newsletter went out last week, but in case you missed it, the link is below. In my newsletter this month, I posted a link to a knitting pattern for the muffatees/arm warmers worn by my character Phoebe in Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 4: Betrayer as well as a blog post for the cover character for Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 2: Berserker . I also posted an update on my health and my next upcoming release. Click here to read my Camille Elliot newsletter for March.
Post a Comment
Read more

Camy's Blog Tour!

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in my blog tour for Sushi for One ! The full schedule (with links) is at the bottom of this post. Here are some highlights from a few interviews: From Julie Carobini's blog : Hey Camy, You often speak fondly of Captain Caffeine and his imported espresso maker. What's your favorite caffeinated beverage order? Honestly, tea. Strong English Breakfast or Irish Breakfast tea. I'll take Earl Grey if I'm feeling zesty, or Ginger Peach (Republic of Tea) if I'm feeling fruity. In the summer, it's iced. In the winter, it's scalding hot, sometimes with a little soymilk and honey. However, I won't turn my nose up at a latte, especially if it's from Captain Caffeine or our favorite coffeeshop, Barefoot Coffee in Santa Clara. From Sally Bradley's blog : SB: In the story, Lex mentions a girl named Camy who gets brained by volleyballs all the time. I have to ask — is that you making a cameo in your own bo
7 comments
Read more

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In honor of the holiday, I tinted my hibiscus Bible verse image green. :) The verse today was suggested by Laura Ann Grymes, Isaiah 41:10. I absolutely love this verse too, because even when my IBS is bad, it reminds me that God is in control and I feel strengthened and encouraged just from reading the verse.
Post a Comment
Read more

Tabi socks, part deux

Captain's Log, Stardate 07.25.2008 (If you're on Ravelry, friend me! I'm camytang.) I made tabi socks again! (At the bottom of the pattern is the calculation for the toe split if you're not using the same weight yarn that I did for this pattern (fingering). I also give an example from when I used worsted weight yarn with this pattern.) I used Opal yarn, Petticoat colorway. It’s a finer yarn than my last pair of tabi socks, so I altered the pattern a bit. Okay, so here’s my first foray into giving a knitting pattern. Camy’s top-down Tabi Socks I’m assuming you already know the basics of knitting socks. If you’re a beginner, here are some great tutorials: Socks 101 How to Knit Socks The Sock Knitter’s Companion A video of turning the heel Sock Knitting Tips Yarn: I have used both fingering weight and worsted weight yarn with this pattern. You just change the number of cast on stitches according to your gauge and the circumference of your ankle. Th
18 comments
Read more